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... considered as sacrificed, not so much out of a regard to the public good, as to gratify the cruelty of one man.” Our concern with this passage at present is only so far as it affords a presumption in support of the proposition which we ...
... considered as sacrificed, not so much out of a regard to the public good, as to gratify the cruelty of one man.” Our concern with this passage at present is only so far as it affords a presumption in support of the proposition which we ...
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... considered by itself, the subject of allusion might be doubtful; but, when connected with the testimony of Suetonius, as to the actual punishment of the Christians by Nero, and with the account given by Tacitus of the species of ...
... considered by itself, the subject of allusion might be doubtful; but, when connected with the testimony of Suetonius, as to the actual punishment of the Christians by Nero, and with the account given by Tacitus of the species of ...
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... suppressing the growth of the sect, than to threaten their prisoners with punishment if they persisted; that these men, after expressing, in decent but firm language, the obligation under which they considered themselves to be,
... suppressing the growth of the sect, than to threaten their prisoners with punishment if they persisted; that these men, after expressing, in decent but firm language, the obligation under which they considered themselves to be,
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... considered themselves as so entirely and exclusively devoted to this office, that they now transferred what may be called the temporal affairs of the society to other hands.”7 Hitherto the preachers of the new religion seem to have had ...
... considered themselves as so entirely and exclusively devoted to this office, that they now transferred what may be called the temporal affairs of the society to other hands.”7 Hitherto the preachers of the new religion seem to have had ...
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... considered their moral principles as the point in which the magistrate was interested, is as follows: — He tells the emperor, “that some of those who had relinquished the society, or who, to save themselves, pretended that they had ...
... considered their moral principles as the point in which the magistrate was interested, is as follows: — He tells the emperor, “that some of those who had relinquished the society, or who, to save themselves, pretended that they had ...
Contents
CHAPTER II | |
CHAPTER I | |
CHAPTER II | |
CHAPTER III | |
CHAPTER IV | |
CHAPTER V | |
CHAPTER VII | |
CHAPTER IX | |
CHAPTER IX | |
The Scriptures were in very early Times collected | |
Were publicly read and expounded in the religious | |
They were received by ancient Christians | |
The four Gospels the Acts of the Apostles thirteen | |
Formal Catalogues of authentic Scriptures were | |
CHAPTER I | |
CHAPTER I | |
CHAPTER III | |
CHAPTER V | |
CHAPTER VI | |
CHAPTER VII | |
CHAPTER VIII | |
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